Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-593

Former shelfmark

Total pages

303 fols

Folio measures

Material composition

Writing support

Textual composition

Textual interval

Title on manuscript

Title position

Attributed Title

المصحف الشريف

Language

Arabic

Script

Arabic

Incipit

Incipit position

Explicit

Explicit position

Preservation state

Released date

1759

Released place

Other dates

Other places

Colophon

Colophon position

Fol. 303a

General decoration

Yes

Quranic structure decoration

Quranic reading

Illustrations

Marginalia

Yes

Link to library catalogue

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Bibliographical references

Jahic (2011). Catalogue Arabic, Turkish, Persiand and Bosnian Mss Sarajevo Historical Archive Vol. 2

Descriptive card

15 lines per page. Nash, vocalized. Folios 1b and 2a, featuring Sura al-Fatiha and the beginning of Sura al-Baqara, are designed as a diptych with floral motifs, predominantly in gold and blue. At the beginning of other suras, the name of the sura, the verse number, and the place of revelation are written in white letters on a golden background. The black ink is of poor quality and unstable when exposed to moisture. The paper is thin, smooth, with a watermark, of European origin. The beginnings of the Juz' and the places of revelation are marked in the margins with rosettes elaborately decorated with floral motifs on a golden background. Large golden dots mark the end of each verse. The text is framed with a thick golden band, reinforced on the outside with two fine lines and on the inside with one thin black line. Foliation was later added with graphite pencil. The binding is original leather, partially cracked along the spine. The cover has been torn off and is missing. On the exterior of the front cover, embossed floral motifs, decorated in gold, are visible. On folio 303a, the colophon contains a note indicating that this is the 23rd copy of the Quran.

Entry author

Marina Santana